Beer: Reviews & Ratings

Reviews by Pegasus:

Appearance: Hazy pale yellow, reminiscent of pear juice, with a large snow-white head, which collapses rather slowly. The lacing is scattered, the carbonation moderate.

Aroma: Notes of orange peel and coriander dominate the aroma, with some lemon zest as well. Understated notes of clove and mildly earthy yeast are also present. I am unable to detect the presence of licorice.

Taste: Strong, spicy coriander notes at the open, with abundant bitter orange rind. The malt presence is rather tart throughout. The finish is dominated by a lingering sour and spicy note.

Mouth feel: Fairly full, with somewhat zesty carbonation.

Drinkability/notes: Drinkable and refreshing example of the style, quite appropriate for summer.

Presentation: Packaged in a brown glass 750ml Belgian bomber with a cork and a wire closure, served in a standard pint tap glass. (856 characters)

From a 750ml bottle, this was a pale yellow color with a medium head that quickly dissipated. Champagne-like carbonation. It had a citrus aroma, primarily orange, with a little lemon. A spicy orange taste. Couldn't detect any licorice. I thought this was a pretty meek beer, even for a wit. Decent, not outstanding. (315 characters)

Large Belgian style bottle, corked with a strip of metel over the top. Best before or some sort of date on the rear label of "21/03/09" (!) Pours light cardboardy yellow, very cloudy, with a near white loose head, that exhibited moderarte retention, and left just a smidge of loose lacing. Nose here is of dried coriander and liquorice. Easy drinking, citrusy wit, seems to have pretty low carbonation, nutty and yeasty. Allowed to warm and swirled to mix in the yeast, this is a tasty, refreshing light Belgian, bring on the endive salad, moules and frites... (560 characters)

Poured from a 750 ml corked and caged bottle into my oversized 1/2 liter Hoegaarden glass. It fit perfectly even leaving enough room for the last of the yeast sediment and extra foam after decanting. Pours a blazoned sunshine golden hue with a nice clouded haze of unfiltered yeasty goodness. Head billows above the rims of my giant tumbler glass sans lemon/orange wedges. Lacing binds to the sides of the glass nicely even and fine with each sip.

Aromatics offer up a blend of citrus notes and coriander spiced edge, overall very aromatic and perfume like in nature. The bottle states that there are licorice additions but I'm not catching any in the nose. The mix of malted barley and wheat lend a nice cracker sweetness very mellow chamomile herbal effect is going on as well, almost smells like a bag of marshmallows.

Flavor is great a beautiful blend of creamy malt and wheat cereal notes with citrus bite and coriander exotic accents. True to the style great value as well, this is a very nice version of the Belgian witbier. More herbal chamomile notes with a dose of licorice bitterness, very strong spice backing tends to over power the malt/wheat sweetness and the citrus peel balancing act going on.

Mouthfeel is effervescent yet has very soft bottle conditioned carbonation, a great sound was unleashed as I uncorked this Belgian beauty. Mouthfeel is medium to lighter bodied with nice rounded edges with citrus and spices sticking to the palate after each sip.

Drinkability is excellent a summer time quaffing beer that I will try to experience again in the near future especially at the 4.99 price tag for a whole 750ml offering. I will be sure to keep my eye out for their tripel, this is my first experience with Brasserie du Bocq and it was a pleasant one. (1,779 characters)

(Served in a tulip glass) 04/05/13 on the labelA- The pale lemon yellow hue has a slight haze the first pour and a much more dense haze on the second pour. The super thick snow white head last for the full beer had turns lumpy but remains. There is a gentle carbonation of tiny bubbles that trail up the side of the glass.

S- The dry perfumed yeasty aroma has a soft lemon citrus zest quality and some dry coriander notes in the background.

T- The pale malt and softer bread dough flavor has a lemon note to follow and a yeasty sweetness with some peppery coriander hint to it. There is a slightly dry finish that has and herbal note with a faint bitterness of black licorice.

M- This beer has a medium-light mouthfeel and a soft fizz in the finish.

D- The great wit character is supported by a soft subtle bitterness that only has hints of licorice until it warms a bit and then the licorice becomes a bit to bitey and overtakes the spicy fruity qualities. I did enjoy this beer much more when it was a bit more chilled. (1,031 characters)

330ml squat bottle - nice to see the maker of the Waterloo brews back on Alberta store shelves.

This beer pours a cloudy, very pale golden straw colour, with a teeming tower of puffy, frothy, and silken melted white marshmallow head, which leaves some remote island group lace around the glass as it slowly ebbs away.

The bubbles are dense, a tad prickly, but mostly just straight-up frothy, the body an adequate medium weight for the style, and generally smooth, the inherent yeast copping a small feel. It finishes off-dry, the citrus fruitiness still dancing with the lingering dry wheat crackers, and now thoroughly blended spices and spiciness.

Bang-on for the style, the wheat, fruit, spice, and yeast all in harmony, it would seem. Tasty, and very summery, for a June day where it looks to be anything but. An easy-drinking, fresh witbier, is all there is to it. (1,284 characters)